Bill Coate
Leon Leyson: Trouble in Krakow
For The Madera Tribune The Leysons (clockwise, from top left), Betzale (called Tsalig), Hershel, Channa (mother), David, and sister,...
Bill Coate
S.F. earthquake rattled mountains
For The Madera Tribune This billboard is advertising the way to Yosemite. It could have just as well been pointing to a different kind of...
Bill Coate
Leon Leyson: The youngest survivor of Schindler’s List
For The Madera Tribune Leon Leyson. The trio raced for their favorite vine among the tangle of climbers that twisted over the river bank....
For The Madera Tribune
What the flag means to me
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...
Bill Coate
The Frenchman shot a ‘coyote’
For The Madera Tribune Ah Tye was working for Mrs. Yee Chung, widow of a prosperous Madera County fruit merchant, when he was shot by a...
Bill Coate
Lumber flume meant work, fun
For The Madera Tribune The Madera Sugar Pine lumber flume obviously transported more than lumber, as this photo bears witness. This...
For The Madera Tribune
National POW/MIA Recognition Day
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...
Bill Coate
Bigelow went from stagecoaches to telephones
For The Madera Tribune Long before Friant Dam, pictured here, stretched across the San Joaquin River, Harmon and Jess Bigelow had strung...
